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Sustainability of integrated anaemia prevention activities implemented through non-government organizations and schools, and its effect on haemoglobin status of adolescent girls in urban slums of Pune, in Maharashtra, India
Get PDFAbstract: Background: Programmes for the prevention of iron deficiency anaemia among adolescent girls need sustainable inputs for maximum benefits. Aim: To assess the interventions sustained for anaemia prevention implemented through NGOs and schools. Methods: An intervention study followed longitudinally in three phases. Phase I comprised (a) needs assessment of the community and (b) capacity assessment of service providers through a cross-sectional survey in nine slums, through six NGOs and three schools. Based on needs assessment, an integrated intervention for anaemia prevention was provided for adolescent girls (n ¼ 384) in the community. To ensure sustainability the capacity of stakeholders (n ¼ 67) was built by providing training in the components of the integrated intervention and establishing linkages with the public health system. Refresher training was conducted during phase II (n ¼ 69) for reinforcing and strengthening of activities introduced in phase I. In phase II and III continuations of activities by the NGOs and schools that were initiated in phase I were monitored. Sustainability of activities was measured using an index that comprised technical, programmatic, social, and financial indicators. The impact of sustained interventions was assessed by comparing the mean rank haemoglobin concentrations of centres with varying levels of coverage. Results: Scores of sustainability indicators decreased from phase II to phase III. Organizations that showed > 50% coverage showed significantly higher mean rank haemoglobin (p ¼ < 0.05) during phases II and III. Conclusion: There is a need to identify and address barriers that prevent sustainable interventions for anaemia control
Two-particle azimuthal correlations in photonuclear ultraperipheral Pb+Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV with ATLAS
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Manifesting of pedagogical content knowledge on trigonometry in teachers’ practice
Get PDFAbstract: Although trigonometry is an important section in secondary school mathematics curricula, many teachers find it challenging to teach as a result of insufficient pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). Therefore, the aim of this article was to report on how PCK on trigonometry manifests itself in teachers' practice. This exploratory case study was underpinned by the mathematics knowledge for teaching (MKT) model of Hill et al. (2008). Twelve teachers were purposefully selected from six township schools. Qualitative data were collected through semi-structured one-on-one interviews, lesson plans, assessment tasks, and lesson observations; and analyzed using content analysis. The findings show that four elements of PCK on trigonometry manifest themselves in teachers‟ practice, namely knowledge of subject matter, knowledge of teaching strategies, knowledge of students‟ conceptions and knowledge of curriculum, but varied in levels of sufficiency. Awareness of these variances forms a useful basis for planning developmental opportunities that could address shortcomings in PCK on trigonometry in teachers‟ practice. This study adds to few studies in PCK in mathematics by providing empirical evidence on how PCK on trigonometry manifests itself in teachers‟ practice
Search for lepton-flavor-violation in -boson decays with -leptons with the ATLAS detector
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The applications of lean manufacturing in a manufacturing company in South Africa
Get PDFAbstract: The Manufacturing sector is one of the biggest contributors to the South African economy, because the world has become a global market, South African producers are struggling to contend with the rate of productivity abroad. This results in pressures to produce at lower prices and more rapid manufacturing times. The case study company is currently faced with the challenge of selecting an appropriate strategy to respond to ever-changing markets. The purpose of the research study is to identify the types of waste that are generated in the case study organisation, and to identify Lean Manufacturing strategies which can be used to eliminate the waste. The case study method was used to gain an in-depth understanding of the organisation being studied...M.Ing. (Engineering Management
Premium versus affordable clothing retailers : what are customer expectations for satisfaction and repurchase intentions?
Get PDFAbstract: Within the highly competitive clothing retail industry, retailers (both affordable and premium) need to consider which customer experience elements drive customer satisfaction and repurchase intentions. This study aims to determine whether customer expectations are different for various types of clothing retailers, and what customers specifically expect when purchasing from a retailer..
Leads and lags in African sovereign credit ratings
Get PDFAbstract: The majority of sovereign nations have a formal credit rating from more than one credit rating agency in order to bridge the potential informational gap that goes with only one formal rating. This study investigates the behaviour of rating agencies to determine if the African sovereign ratings by the three major credit rating agencies are different and if their rating actions have any influence on each other. The lead-lag relationships between the agencies are investigated by making use of a method similar to the Granger causality test in an ordered probit pooled-data and individual country time-series setting. The monthly rating changes for the three agencies were used for 12 African countries from 2009 to 2018. The results show that when general rating changes are taken into account, Moody’s follows Fitch in more instances than Fitch follows Moody’s. Furthermore, when upgrade and downgrade actions are taken into account, Standard and Poor’s leads Fitch during all downgrade periods and in some periods after a rating upgrade. It is also shown that Fitch leads Moody’s during all downgrade periods and in some periods after a rating upgrade. In terms of individual country results, for 7 of the 12 countries there is no evidence of herding or habit behaviour between any of the rating pairs. Herding behaviour was identified between different pairs of rating agencies for Angola, Egypt, Mozambique, South Africa and Tunisia. Fitch exhibits habit behaviour for Mozambique, whereas Standard and Poor’s shows contrarian habit behaviour for that country
A psychic landscape : reimagining personal identities within local landscapes
Get PDFAbstract: This research examines unconventional ways in which a sense of belonging can be achieved through landscape as a platform for personal, societal and cultural identity formation. I determine how hierarchical structures prevalent in colonial and, later, Afrikaner landscape representation are contested in postmodern discourses. My focus is on my white, queer, female, Afrikaans identity and how, through embodied and immersive engagements with landscape, I contest stereotypical roles, created in the image of the volksmoeder, set out for Afrikaans-speaking women. My interests lie predominantly in immersive experiences of landscapes where the viewers, and I, are immersed in the experience rather than observing the ‘view’ from a distance. I refer to Deleuze and Guattari’s (1988) notions of moving through “smooth” and “striated” space as modes in which we engage with our environments as well as the spaces within our own minds. I apply these conceptions in my analysis of Olafur Eliasson and Paul Emmanuel’s artworks, where they contest colonial landscape conventions through modes of journeying, atmospheric perception, self-awareness and inscription. With regard to my own landscape installation, Deleuze and Guattari’s (1988) modes of moving (and thinking) “smoothly” and in “striation” help me to navigate complex personal and cultural narratives within a post-colonial and post-apartheid South African setting. Through embodied engagements with my installation as well as with the landscape I am able to unpack the fibres that make up my identity and, thereby, fashion a renewed sense of Self and, therefore, a sense of belonging.M.Tech. (Fine Art
The effects of COVID-19 on future domestic travel intentions in South Africa : a stakeholder perspective
Get PDFAbstract: This study seeks to unpack the implications that the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on the South African domestic tourism market. In particular, the study considers how, given the negative impacts that have been felt with international travel being largely restricted, many destinations who traditionally rely on tourism will approach domestic tourism post the restrictions. Given South Africa’s previous aggressive campaigns which sought to promote domestic tourism in the country, the value of this focus area cannot be overlooked. The need for empirical research that assesses the attitudes of people regarding travel and tourism beyond the pandemic in a country that has been one the of the hardest-hit on the African continent is equally important in this respect. Data for the study was sourced from interviews with key informant personnel in the domain of tourism (n=10) coupled with an online questionnaire survey (n=241) that was collected from respondents through the Google Forms Application. The key findings from the study reveal that a majority of the respondents were generally satisfied with the management of the pandemic in the country and were willing to wait until all restrictions were lifted before travelling again. Moreover, many of the respondents felt that they would likely travel more domestically in order to assist the tourism industry recover post-COVID-19 and would actively help market the country to friends and relatives in assisting with the recovery marketing initiatives. However, major concerns were raised about the financial possibilities of the domestic tourists as well as the lack of effective communication and cooperation between the private sector and the government regarding tourism’s recovery plan
The future of Artificial Intelligence, posthumanism and the inflection of Pixley Isaka Seme’s African Humanism
Get PDFAbstract: Increasingly, innovation in artificial intelligence technologies portends the re-conceptualization of human existentiality along the paradigm of posthumanism. An exposition of this through a critical culturo-historical methodology uncloaks the Eurocentric genitive basis of the philosophical anthropology that underpins this technological posthumanism, as well as its dystopian possibilities. As a contribution to obviating the latter, an Africanist civilizational humanism proclaimed by Pixley ka Isaka Seme is proffered as a plausible alternative paradigm for humanity's technological advancement. Seme, a pan-Africanist thinker of the early twentieth century, proclaimed humanistic-spirituality as the indispensable gift African Civilisation-in-its-renaissance is yet to offer global humanity. His postulation is being provided as a contribution to the archive on cross-cultural ethics of artificial intelligence
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